MNSU Eta Sigma Gamma

ESG Meeting 1/17

2012-01-17T18:52:00.000-06:00

Hello fellow ESG members! Here is what was discussed at our meeting this evening!

The Safer Sex carnival is coming up on Feb. 13 from 10-2. We are currently thinking of games we could have the students play. Some ideas are creating a crossword or a word search and having those who complete it when a small prize. We are also trying to think of how we could incorporate pick-up lines somehow into this and those that are most creative win/receive a chocolate kiss.

Relay for life is Apr. 14 from 6pm to 6 am in Myers Field house. We are thinking of selling hot dogs or bagels or something along those lines. Also we are deciding on games we could have other people play. Something we did in the past was a bean bag toss and those who played paid some small amount of money to play. If there are any other ideas, feel free to share them with us!

Baseball concessions are coming up as well! The dates for these are Tues 4/3, Wed 4/4, Sat 4/21, Sun 4/22, Wed 4/25, and Sat 4/28. More information will be put out as the time gets closer! If you are interested in helping out, let us know!

Also, the Health Education Advocacy Summit Conference is Mar. 3-5 in Washington D.C. If you are interested in attending, let someone know ASAP. Registration deadline is Feb. 15th and approaching fast!

Lastly, if you know of any other volunteering options for all ESG members, let us know and we can discuss this.

Happy Tuesday everyone!

November 8th ESG Meeting

2011-11-09T20:46:00.000-06:00

During yesterdays meeting we had a guest speaker come and speak about grad school opportunities, we talked about initiation dates, the safe sex carnival, and the Health Education Advocacy Conference.

The guest speaker was Jessica Seide who is a current graduate student here at MNSU. She discussed her grad school experience so far and also discussed the application process. If anyone wants anymore information the contact person would be Dr. Dawn Larsen at dawn.larsen@mnsu.edu.

As of now our initiation date is set for Tuesday, November 29th. We will be having a pot luck immediately following initiation. Please let us know if you need to be initiated.

The safe sex carnival is on Feb. 13th. We are having a table and need some ideas for it. If you have any, please let us know!

The Health Education Advocacy Summit Conference is Mar. 3-5. It is in Washington D.C. and if share interest in going, let us know!

That's it for now! Have a great rest of the week!

ESG Meeting 10-11-11

2011-10-11T17:43:00.000-05:00

Hello Everyone!

Well during today's meeting we discussed only a couple things. First we talked about the CHES exam. CHES stands for Certified Health Education Specialist. The months you can take this exam are October and April. If you are interested in taking this exam, there is more information at www.NCHEC.org.

We also discussed getting short and long sleeve t-shirts that say "Eta Sigma Gamma" on them. There will be more information coming soon on the prices. If you are interested in either one, let us know!

Also some events that are coming up are Mankato Marathon with is on Saturday Oct. 22nd.
There is also a major fair on Oct. 26 from 11-1:30.
And lastly Rake the Town on Oct. 29 from 9-1.

If you are interested for volunteering for any of these events and haven't signed up, let us know!

ESG Metting 9-13-11

2011-09-20T11:20:00.000-05:00

My apologies for the delay. Last week's meeting covered a couple topics. First there is an Alcohol Bystander class that is being offered to all of the ESG members. It will be towards the end of the semester. I am not sure if there is a cost, or when the exact dates are, but I will let everyone know as soon as I find out. If you want to take the class and haven't told someone, then please let one of us know.

Also there are a couple volunteer opportunities coming up. First is the Mankato Marathon. It is Oct. 22nd, the times will be posted soon. Second is rake the town on Oct. 29th from 9-1. There is another volunteer opportunity in the works, kids against hunger. When we figure out dates/times for this, I will post them up.

Lastly, our treasurer is looking into various apparel ideas. Either t-shirts (probably long sleeve), maybe sweat pants, and possibly sweatshirts. I am sure more information will be put out at our next meeting.

If you are interested in any of the volunteer options, please let us know! Also if you are interested in any apparel, let us know as well. If their are any questions about anything, send an email to mnsu.esg@gmail.com, otherwise megan.callahan@mnsu.edu.
Have an awesome day!

Tuesday 8-30-11

2011-08-31T11:02:00.000-05:00

Today was our first meeting of the year! Off to a new start with a good turn out. One of the things we're discussing is the homecoming parade. Do we want to have a float, and are their any ideas for the float? Also what would we want to throw? Something healthy, or something sweet!?
Another thing, since the fall semester is kind of slow, and the opportunity to get all of our 15 hours may be hard. Are their any other volunteering options/ideas around the Mankato area for us to help out with?
Lastly I know it seems far away, but the APHA conference in Washington D.C. is around the end of October, if their are any people wishing to attend please let us know!
If you have any thoughts, suggestions or comments to any of these things just send an email back to mnsu.esg@gmail.com, or you can email me directly at megan.callahan@mnsu.edu.

Meeting Notes 4.12.11

2011-04-12T19:22:00.002-05:00

Today was our last meeting, we wrapped up our thoughts about the Food & Fitness Expo and Relay For Life. Thank you for everyone that participated at Relay and fund-raised for Relay! It was a huge success! Remember you can still fund raise online until July.

We also discussed initiation. If you are a new member it is very important that you make it to initiation. If you can't make it this semester then you can still be involved and wait to be initiated next semester. Initiation fees are $45 made out to Eta Sigma Gamma. Those fees can be turned in at initiation. Our initiation date is set for Wednesday May 4th at 4pm it only takes about an hour. The room is still to be determined so make sure you are checking for our email! Also it will be a potluck so start thinking if you want to bring some food to share!

We have some more opportunities to do baseball concessions. We need to set on a date so if there is a date that anyone really is interested in helping with please email us back asap at mnsu.esg@gmail.com.
The dates are Wednesday April 20th at 1:30pm, Friday April 22nd at 1:30pm, Saturday April 23rd at 12pm, Sunday May 1st at 1:30pm, and Tuesday May 4th at 1:30pm. These are all double headers. Let us know if you're interested in helping out with any of those dates.

We need new officers for next year!! We are looking for energetic people to help run ESG. It would be ideal if you can make it to all of the meeting times. The meeting times may change for next year, it depends what the officers decide together. The current positions that are open are;

Treasurer: you will be in charge of getting initiation fees from everyone. Also you are in charge of ordering the sweatshirts/tshirts and getting the money from everyone. Judith is a big help to the treasurer also.

Secretary: This job entails taking notes at the meeting, updating the blog regularly, and sending out all the emails to members or businesses. You also make sure all the members are signed up for email updates.

Vice President: You will be the President's "helper" it is basically working with the President to plan events and meetings. You can be in charge of events if you wish to be. You work a lot with the other officers and help tie up lose ends.

Please email us at mnsu.esg@gmail.com and let us know if you are interested in any of these positions. They look great on a resume!

Keep an eye open for emails about initiation!

Meeting Notes 3.29.11

2011-03-30T11:27:00.000-05:00

We are taking part in the Food & Fitness Expo next Tuesday April 5th from 10am-2pm. It will be right outside the Myers Field House Track. We still need people to help at the 1pm time, Please email us back at mnsu.esg@gmail.com or email Antonia directly at antonia.kolas@mnsu.edu. We will send out a reminder on Monday night for the people that are signed up for Tuesday.

Unfortunately the baseball concessions for last weekend were cancelled because of the weather. We still have baseball concession for this coming weekend on Saturday April 2nd and Sunday April 3rd from 11am-6pm both days. We really need help for both of the days, you don't have to sign up for the whole day, but if you could help out it would be greatly appreciated! Please email us back at mnsu.esg@gmail.com if you are interested in helping us this Saturday or Sunday.

Relay For Life is April 9th, a week from this coming Saturday. We have a second team made named MNSU Eta Sigma Gamma 2 so more people can sign up. The website for this is
http://main.acsevents.org/site/TR?pg=team&fr_id=32554&team_id=922241. It is $10 dollars to sign up. Remember to keep fundraising!

We have decided on a theme for our night at Relay For Life. Our theme will be "Hunting For a Cure" We will be wearing camoflauge gear. So get all decked out to look like a hunter! (make sure you leave the gun at home!) We have been brainstorming ways to fundraise and have fun at the event, we have thought up of ideas such as a carnival style fishing pond for the little kids to win prizes. "Camo" Livestrong bracelets that we can personalize and sell, facepainting, making headbands, and maybe an obstacle course. We were also thinking of selling fruit baskets and sandwiches.

If anyone has any pop up style chairs that they can bring to Relay For Life so we have somewhere to sit that would be very helpful! We already have some people bringing tents so we have some place to put our stuff/sleep. We have some people that have volunteered to go shopping for prizes for Relay For Life next Tuesday at 4pm. Right now on our list is Sara H, Eva, Jessica, Natalie and Susan. If anyone is interested please email us!

We will be having initiation for the new members towards the end of the semester. Right now we are thinking of doing it the Tuesday of finals week. That would be Tuesday May 3rd. If you're a new member that needs to be initiated, come to the next meeting and we can discuss whether that time works for you or not.

Our next meeting is Tuesday April 12th at 4pm in CSU 202. See you there!

Meeting Notes 3.15.11

2011-03-16T14:12:00.001-05:00

We are working the baseball concessions on Saturday March 26th and Sunday March 27th from 11am to 6pm. We still need people to sign up to help sell stuff for both days. Please send us an email letting us know what times you want to help. Also we are doing concessions on Saturday April 2nd and Sunday April 3rd from 11am to 6pm. We will be having another meeting before that for sign up but if you are interested in those dates also let us know!

We need names of the people that are graduating in May of this year in order for them to get their honor cords. Send us an email to let us know if you are graduating.

We are still fundraising for Relay For Life! This year it is on April 9-10th from 6pm-6am. This is another great opportunity for more hours and you are not expected to be there the entire time. We have a Relay for Life team started on the website. Be sure to sign up and start fundraising, you will be asked for a $10 "donation fee." The website is
http://main.acsevents.org/site/TR?pg=team&fr_id=32554&team_id=824182.
Just click "join our team." We really want to meet our goal this year!

There is a spaghetti dinner at Pub 500 on Sunday March 20th from 5-7pm to raise money for Relay For Life. Tickets are $10 in advance that they are selling in the CSU and $12 dollars at the door.

We have the Food and fitness expo on Tuesday April 5th from 10am to 2pm. We are having students make their own trail mix. We need people to volunteer to help at each hour to scoop the trail mix for the students. We want 3-5 people each hour, we really need volunteers for this! Please send us an email if you can sign up for

10am-11am
11am-12pm
12pm-1pm
1pm-2pm

Our next meeting is Tuesday March 29th in CSU 202 at 4pm. Make sure you are there so you can sign up for events! See you there!

Meeting Notes 2.15.11

2011-02-16T13:28:00.005-06:00

At our meeting, we discussed our recruitment info meeting that will be on Tuesday March 1st at 4pm in CSU 238. We would like it if you could talk to your classrooms about ESG. Susan will have business cards printed out for you to hand out to people. They will be in the Health ed Workroom in the ESG mailbox. The Workroom is right across from Schelberg Gym in the hallway with the orange floors on the second floor. It is very helpful if we have current ESG members talking to classrooms to pull more people into the group. I will also send the business cards out in the email and have them posted to the documents on this blog if you would rather print them out yourself!

We talked more about the Food and fitness expo on April 5th. We got the go ahead to make the trail mix for students. If anyone works at a grocery store, we would appreciate it if you could see if they could donate any trail mix supplies such as cheerios, chex mix, dried fruit or anything else you think would work for make your own trail mix.

Mavericks after Dark Spring Break U is coming up on Saturday February 26, from 8-midnight. We are still looking for people to help out with that so if you're interested please let us know!

We are also tabling next week for the Mavericks after Dark Spring Break U event on Tuesday February 22nd from 11-1pm. Make sure if you're signed up that you remember to show up!

Our second tabling event next week is for heart health month. It is Thursday February 24th from 11-1pm. We still need people to sign up for that event so if you are available to sign up and help, send us an email at mnsu.esg@gmail.com.

We have figured out some times that seem to work for us for doing baseball concessions. We have decided that Saturday March 26th and Sunday March 27th is going to be the first weekend we sell concessions. Also Saturday April 2nd and Sunday April 3rd is another weekend that a lot of people were available to help. We still have have the website so you can let us know what days work for you. If you haven't entered times you're available to help, go to this website and fill it out please!
https://spreadsheets.google.com/viewform?formkey=dGc3Y05jQjBFTXZCLU11X0luZUtFZHc6MQ

We are still fundraising for Relay For Life which is on April 9th-10th. If you want to be on our Relay team and raise money, please go to this website and sign up. It is a $10 fee to sign up, but it basically pays for your shirt that you will get.
http://main.acsevents.org/site/TR?pg=team&fr_id=32554&team_id=824182

There is also a Relay For Life info meeting on Thursday February 17th at 5pm in CSU 238. If you are interested in learning about more fundraising ideas and helping to plan for Relay for Life, then this meeting could be very helpful for you!

If anyone knows of some great ways that we can fundraise as a team for Relay For Life, we are taking ideas! We would really like to fundraise at the actual event. People like to sell stuff at their tables and we were thinking of selling really good food. Let us know if you want to be in charge of fundraising for our team for Relay For Life.

Don't forget, our next meeting is our informational meeting for new members on Tuesday March 1st at 4pm in CSU 238! Don't forget to spread the word out about ESG!

Meeting Notes 2.1.11

2011-02-02T14:35:00.000-06:00

We got more information on the baseball concessions for this semester. Working at these concessions will help us raise a lot more money for ESG. We will be picking a weekend that works out for most people to do it. Susan set up a survey that you can take so we can get a better idea of when we can have the most people helping out. It is very important if you are interested in selling concessions to go to this website and take the survey.
https://spreadsheets.google.com/viewform?formkey=dGc3Y05jQjBFTXZCLU11X0luZUtFZHc6MQ

We are working with Mavericks after Dark for a Spring Break event on Saturday February 26th. We are going to be working at the laser tag station. We would need people to be available to help out Saturday night from 8pm-12am. It is a great opportunity for some hours. If you are interested in signing up, let us know

We are also tabling for the Mavericks after Dark Spring Break U promotion on Tuesday February 22nd from 11-1. If anyone can help out at any of those times please email us and let us know.

We will also be tabling for heart healthy month hopefully on Thursday February 24th from 11-1. If anyone is available for that it would be very helpful. Just let us know!

Relay for Life is coming up. This year it is on April 9-10th from 6pm-6am. This is another great opportunity for more hours and you are not expected to be there the entire time. We have a Relay for Life team started on the website. Be sure to sign up and start fundraising, you will be asked for a $10 "donation fee." The website is
http://main.acsevents.org/site/TR?pg=team&fr_id=32554&team_id=824182.
Just click "join our team." We really want to meet our goal this year!

We are also planning on fundraising in the community to raise money for Relay for Life. We were thinking things like a tip night or busing at a restaurant. We really need someone to step up and say they'll be in charge of setting up fundraising activities so we can raise more money for this important cause.

Our next meeting is Tuesday February 15th at 4pm in CSU 202. We will be talking a lot about recruitment and planning for our informational meeting on March 1st for new recruits. It is important that you are at the meeting so you can give your input and help out. Thanks!

Meeting Notes 1.18.11

2011-01-19T10:23:00.002-06:00

Hi everyone, welcome back to ESG! We have a lot of events going on this semester that we're going to need a lot of help with!

If you were initiated last semester, Dr. Luebke has your materials for you. You can pick them up in her office or at the next meeting.

The RSO Fair is next Tuesday from 11-1pm in the CSU Ballroom. We need people to sign up to promote ESG and try to get new recruits. It is a good way to get our name out there.

We are working with Mavericks after Dark for a Spring Break event on Saturday February 26th. We are not sure on our responsibility yet but there are a lot of student organizations that are putting this together. We would need people to be available to help out Saturday night from 8pm-12am. It is a great opportunity for some hours.

Relay for Life is coming up. This year it is on April 9-10th from 6pm-6am. This is another great opportunity for more hours and you are not expected to be there the entire time. We have a Relay for Life team started on the website. Be sure to sign up and start donating, you will be asked for a $10 "donation fee." We will have an email containing the website to sign up on within the next week.

We have been asked by the Health Education office to help table for the Food & Nutrition Fair on April 5th from 10am-2pm in the Myers Field house. We can give away food and information about good nutrition at our table while we also promote ESG. We are looking for help in planning for the event. If anyone has any ideas, please let us know!

Also we are still doing the Tobacco Policy sheets from last semester. If anyone is interested in filling out a sheet stating why you would like a tobacco free campus please let us know. It will also count as an hour for your time sheet.

There was something that we forgot to discuss at the meeting. We have been asked to have a table in February to promote heart healthy and tobacco free lifestyle. We will need help in getting some ideas generated on how we can help with this event. We will discuss it next meeting, but if anyone feels passionate about this event/topic and wants to help out please email us.

Our next meeting is Tuesday February 1st at 4pm in CSU 202. See you there!

Meeting 11.23.10

2010-11-24T19:55:00.001-06:00

ESG Meeting 11.23.10

Sweatshirts are not in yet, we are hoping they will be in by initiation. They are $27.00 and we are still accepting money for the sweatshirts. If you can't bring the money to initiation, Natalie works in the Health office where Dr. Tappe's office is, you can drop it off with her or else you can put checks in the ESG mailbox in the Health Science workroom. Please make the checks out to MSU Eta Sigma Gamma.

We have initiation next Tuesday November 30th in PH 114 at 4pm. Please try to make it there especially if you are a new member. You can also pay your initiation dues then. We are making it a potluck, so if you would like, you can bring snacks for everyone!

The YMCA Run is December 11th, if you are interested in volunteering at this please contact an officer. Also we are still accepting statements for the tobacco free policy on campus, it will count as an hour. We were thinking of helping out with a Mavericks After Dark event on February 26th, it is a Saturday night, if you are interested in it please keep your calendar open! There are more events added on the calendar on the website that we will be taking part in next semester.

Susan has set up our team for Relay For Life. If you are interested in raising money for it and being part of our Relay team, please sign up on the Relay for Life website under the Eta Sigma Gamma group from Mankato. The date for Relay For Life is April 9th. We were recently asked to help out in a safety program for Rosa Parks Elementary school. They would like a few of us to come up with a program to teach the students how to cross the street safely when they are walking to school. Recently a student from Rosa Parks was hit by a car on his way to school. If anyone is interested in that or has any ideas for it, please contact one of the officers.

Also, we're making plans for next semester, if you could please send us your schedule for next semester then we will be able to set the meeting time. Thanks!

Have a good Thanksgiving! See you at Initiation!

Meeting Notes 11.09.10

2010-11-09T20:18:00.000-06:00

ESG meeting November 9th, 2010

1. There is still an opportunity to fill out a 'Picture a Tobacco Free Campus' form for student health services. The booklet already has about 20 people in it. It will count as one hour if you fill out a form with your picture on it. Also we have sign up times if you are interested in working with the Girls on the Run 5k on December 11th. It is another great opportunity to get more hours! If you are interested in any of these opportunities, contact one of the officers.

2. We discussed the sweatshirts at our meeting. They will be half-zipped black sweatshirts with our Greek symbols embroidered on it in gold. The sweatshirts will be $27 we would like the money in by the next meeting on November 23rd. Susan and Jessica will be placing the order next Tuesday November 16th. If you did not put in a order with your sweatshirt size at the meeting then please email us by Tuesday November 16th and let us know if you would like a sweatshirt.

3. We also talked about different fundraising ideas for our ESG group. Some ideas we discussed are working concessions at sporting events and busing tables. If anyone has any other ideas that we can do to fundraise please let us know!

4. Lastly we discussed initiation for any new ESG members. We have decided to have initiation on Tuesday November 30th at 4pm. We are still figuring out where we are going to have it at, and we'll send you an email when we know for sure. If you are a new member of ESG we recommend that you try to be at initiation. Your initiation fees are also due at that time.

Our next meeting is Tuesday November 23rd at 4pm in CSU 201!

Upcoming Volunteer Opportunities!

2010-11-03T19:30:00.000-05:00

1. Volunteer opportunity through United Way: The Books for Kids program is designed to instill the joy of reading in children, to distribute important parenting information, and to let parent know what is going on in their community. This program sends out over 5,500 newsletters to children ages birth through five on a monthly basis and over 4,500 books every other month.

We need help with assembling this newsletter and getting it ready for mailing.

We are looking for volunteers who have a couple of hours to help us with this project which involves collating, folding and taping the newsletters. Bring a friend and catch up while helping us with this important project.

http://volunteer.truist.com/gmauw/org/opp/10375380013.html

** You may look at the available times and contact information to sign up at the link above!

2. Reindeer Dash YMCA and YWCA Girls on the Run 5k Walk/Run Event on Saturday, December 11: Volunteer opportunities are varied, and include the following:

Set up Crew (7-9am)
Marshals for the course (8:30-10-:30am)
Clean up Crew (10:30am-noon)
Finish Line (9-10:30am)
Family Activities (7:45-11am)
Face Painting (7:45-11am)
Happy Hair Station (7:45-11am)

To sign up to volunteer, email all of your contact information, preferred method of contact, and preferred tshirt size IN ADDITION to which activity of those listed above you are most interested in volunteering for. If you have no preference, discuss what times you are available.

Meeting Notes October 26, 2010

2010-10-26T19:29:00.001-05:00

Today we had recruitment, we welcomed our new members to Eta Sigma Gamma. If you or someone you know did not get on the contact list please email information to mnsu.esg@gmail.com.

We also talked about ordering sweatshirts. We decided on black 3/4 pullovers with a zipper with the embroidered ESG label in green or gold were what we were thinking of going with. They will be around $20-$30, we will have more information on them in the next meeting.

Susan had the form available for the Tobacco Free picture campaign. If you are interested in submitting your picture along with why you think our campus should be tobacco free then please contact Susan. These forms will only be used for the Student Health Services in a picture book that they will be showing representatives. This will also count as an hour of volunteer if you need more hours.

There is a YWCA walk/run 5k called Girls on the Run that is available for volunteer hours. They need people to set up, clean up, hand out water, and other things. It is on December 11th. If you are interested in receiving more information contact Susan at mnsu.esg@gmail.com.

Finally we have volunteer opportunities through Turkey 5k Fun Run in November and the Rake the Town opportunity this Saturday October 30th at 9am. Please contact one of the officers for more information.

If you need any more information on ESG please contact us at mnsu.esg@gmail.com

10.12.2010 Meeting Notes

2010-10-13T17:15:00.000-05:00

Angie Mullen and Crystal from student health services came to talk about a proposed tobacco ban on campus. They are currently working with the American Lung Association to get our campus smoke and tobacco free. There are already 21 campuses that are smoke and tobacco free and currently 37 that are in the process of the tobacco ban. They are looking for our help in several different areas; emailing our senators to support a tobacco free campus. They also would like our help in November for the Great American Campus. They would also like our help with getting support for their picture policy book. If anyone would like to submit their picture and a story of why they would like a smoke and tobacco free campus, please contact angela.mullen@mnsu.edu OR one of the ESG officers. (They will use these pictures/statements to show the student senate of the support they have on campus)

We also talked about promoting our informative meeting on October 26th. We are requesting that you speak to all of your health classes about joining ESG; please contact Susan if you are able to do so, and include the Class title, section number, and time; additionally, contact Susan if you would like ESG info meeting business cards to pass out to students (or if you run out and need extras!)

We still need people to sign up for the Major fair on October 20th 11am to 1:30pm and Rake The Town on October 30th 9am-noon. Please let Susan know ASAP if you plan to be involved.

Finally, we have volunteer opportunities available through the YMCA called Girls on the Run, and a Turkey 5k Fun Run in November. Please contact one of the ESG officers for more information.

09.28.2010 Meeting Notes

2010-09-28T19:52:00.000-05:00

We're currently trying to put together an ESG contact list for the current school year; if you were not able to attend today's meeting, please email your phone number and preferred email address to mnsu.esg@gmail.com

There are several volunteer opportunities coming up:

Assisting at the Career and Internship Expo at MSU -- Wednesday, October 6th (7:45-9am, 9-10am, 2:30-3:30pm); Thursday, October 7th (7:45-9am, 9-10am, 10-11am, 2:30-3:30pm) Email susan.gerbensky@gmail.com ASAP if you are interested in any of these hours.
RSO Fair -- Monday, October 4th, from 11am-1pm. This is a campus event where we will be promoting our group and encouraging others to join! Please make every effort to be there, even if it is just for a short time!
Major Fair -- Wednesday, October 20th, from 11am-1:30pm. This will likely be in the CSU ballroom, and will again be a promotional event for the group, as well as the health science department!
Rake the Town -- Saturday, October 30th, from 9am-Noon. We will be raking the yards of individuals who are disabled or otherwise unable to take care of it themselves-- this is a huge community event, and it has been a blast every year we have participated :) If that doesn't convince you, there will also be a FREE chili cookout sponsored by VINE when we finish raking! Also, we need rakes for this event. Please contact susan.gerbensky@gmail.com if you are able to provide any!

If you are able to attend any of these events, email mnsu.esg@gmail.com! Remember, you have to complete 15 hours of service work each semester to remain an active ESG member and to be eligible for graduation honors.

Have a great week!

Memory Walk 2010.

2010-09-16T12:14:00.001-05:00

The memory walk at Sibley Park on Tuesday, September 14 was a blast! We had the opportunity to walk for Alzheimers in one of the most beautiful locations in Mankato, as well as network with local area nursing homes that treat patients with dementia/alzheimers. There was even free pizza and soda afterward! All in all, a fun and successful event :)

Leadership Conference.

2010-09-09T14:46:00.000-05:00

The MSU Women's Center is hosting a student leadership conference specifically for women on Saturday, September 18, 2010! Please consider registering for this event -- it should be very interesting and helpful in developing leadership skills.

http://www.mnsu.edu/wcenter/conference.html

09.01.2010 Meeting Notes

2010-09-02T16:10:00.000-05:00

New officers:
- President: Susan Gerbensky
- Vice President: Natalie Hazel
- Secretary: YaRae Oh
- Treasurer: Jessica Miles

Reminder: Print out a copy of the volunteer log (on the document portion of the ESG blog) and remember to fill it out over the course of the semester!

- Health PROs hours can be counted as volunteer hours, with a maximum of 5 (for ESG purposes)

- We will meet at MSU at 4:00pm, then carpool over to the Memory Walk at Sibley Park for Alzheimer's: Tuesday, September 14 at 4:30pm. Please register online at www.alz.org/mnnd (remember to register under team MNSU Eta Sigma Gamma!)

- We are currently planning activities for the semester; if you have any comments or suggestions, please contact the ESG officers!

ESG/RFL Thank You Card Template.

2010-04-22T10:36:00.001-05:00

Hello! Below is a link to a thank you card we've put together for those of you who participated in Relay for Life to send to your supporters and those who donated. The file is in Microsoft Publisher format, and there will not be a preview available; you need to download the file to view, change, and print it. Enjoy, and let us know if you have any problems getting the file!

https://docs.google.com/leaf?id=0B_vd7eeMYYb4MTJjY2JlN2ItNWMwMi00NDVhLWI4MzktNzZlMGYzOGQ1ZmE3&hl=en

Reminders! (March 30)

2010-04-03T22:26:00.000-05:00

We had TONS of people missing tonight- please read all the new details so you know what's going on. I'm having great difficulity trying to get people to willingly volunteer to help prepare for events so I'm almost begging you to please start doing so.

First next week we are doing a Raffle Table for the humane society on Tuesday and Wednesday from 12-2. Therefore WE NEED VOLUNTEERS. please let me know if you can even do one hour. No one will be by themselves. The prizes will be set on display. Each ticket they buy will be $1 and they could win any of our prizes by random selection,

Relay for Life is in 2 weekends. Please come with books, pillows, cards, ipods, and whatever else you need for when you take a break in the tent.We will be selling games of beans bags, tiny tubs of playdough, and bags of popcorn! Rolek is making a second RFL online team so I'll let you know how to sign up asap.

We are pushing back Public Health Awareness Week for Tuesday, Wed, and Thurs before march of dimes and initiation weekend. That's April 20th, 21st, and 22nd. Those tables will most likely be from 12-2 as well. LET ME KNOW IF YOU CAN SIGN UP FOR AN HOUR ANY OF THOSE DAYS. Our topics are Summer Safety, Survival and First Aid kits, and then stress relief tables.

Initiation is on April 25th at 101 Main inside of the Holiday Inn on Riverfront. Please bring money for the big breakfast buffet and also wear your ESG apparel because we will be signing in for the March for Babies at 1pm or so after initiation. If you haven't already, please sign up for our walking team (its free to do so) at http://www.marchforbabies.org/default.aspx search for our team called MSU Eta Sigma Gamma. It's also a fundraiser for health babies!

Let me know if you have questions. Email or text Jenica at 6512473341

Public Health Awareness Video.

2010-03-26T18:14:00.000-05:00

A short video to remind ourselves why public health is so important. Enjoy :)

3.15.2010 Update

2010-03-15T13:05:00.000-05:00

Hello Eta Sigma Gammans!!

First of all, it is very likely that Eta Sigma Gamma gets to be one of, if not the only, group name on the RFL tshirts because we raised over $1,500 as of today!! If you haven't signed up for the team yet please do so ASAP. Here is the website- http://main.acsevents.org/site/TR?fr_id=22866&pg=entry As for the girls on the team who've already begun raising money -- CONGRATULATIONS! You're doing an amazing job :)

2) Special Olympics was changed to March 13th and despite our 4 attempts to contact them beforehand, we never got a response. Obviously that has now passed. We have emailed several local organizations that have posted needs for volunteers on our local volunteer website so hopefully we can set up more times for getting hours done!

3) Tshirts are in and they're awesome! Please make sure you are getting your payments out of the way (new members need to do initiation fee of $40 as well before initiation)

4) After speaking with Dawn- We have to make initiation on a different day so that is yet to be decided officially. We'll let you know ASAP.

NEXT MEETING IS MARCH 16th!!!! See you then!

Shirts - Update!

2010-03-04T11:18:00.002-06:00

A note from Sandy, our treasurer:

Hey girls,
So with the number of shirts we ordered the prices dropped to $13 for short sleeve and $16 for long sleeve. You can start paying for them anytime. They will be here by next weeks meeting so if you don't find Jenica or myself by then bring money with you. Make checks payabe to Eta Sigma Gamma. It can be brought down to the Campus Computer store where I work otherwise dropped of by the health science office in the Highland North building in our ESG box. Any questions or need to contact me to pay just send me an email. Also for new members dues will be $40 you can pay those along with your shirts or sometime before initiation at the end of the semester.

Thanks Sandy Popowski

2.23.2010 Meeting Minutes.

2010-02-23T17:52:00.000-06:00

2/23 Meeting Notes.

2.18.10 Updates

2010-02-18T10:59:00.000-06:00

Sandy would like to remind everyone that if they haven't ordered a tshirt yet to please email her with your type and size asap. She is putting in our order next week. Her email is sandra.popowski@mnsu.edu.

Next meeting we will be discussing new topics! Sara K has asked about doing an eating disorder awareness event of some type which we think will be great! She needs help brainstorming, organizing, and preparing so let her or Jenica know if you'd like to be on the Eating Disorder Committee!

We will also be discussing what to do for public health awareness week and for Busters tip night for BENCHS. We'll need to start organizing groups to create adveritsing posters for all of our events and so on. Please participate as much as you can!

Don't forget about the YMCA Triathalon coming up in 2 weekends! It's Feb 27th for those of you who are officially picked as volunteers.

See you next week!

ESG Meeting Notes, 2.9.2010

2010-02-10T23:14:00.000-06:00

Meeting Minutes, 2-9-2010

Website Updates!

2010-02-02T18:12:00.000-06:00

Hey Everyone!

Some exciting new updates to our website have been made! There are links to the important ESG documents (ie phone lists, volunteer logs, etc) AND a brand new link to the official ESG google calendar, which lists our important volunteer opportunities and their dates/times!! You can scroll using the arrow buttons to look at everything coming up and click on each event for more details. Also, there is a small print icon above the calendar that you can click to print a list of everything on the calendar :)

If you experience any trouble with these changes, please let Susan (susan.gerbensky@gmail.com) know, and they will be fixed ASAP. Enjoy, and we'll see you at the recruitment pizza party next Tuesday! :)

1-26-2010 Meeting Notes.

2010-01-27T12:37:00.000-06:00

1) There is a small group of members getting together sometime friday afternoon to make posters for the sandwich boards. If you'd like to help text Jenica at: 6512473341. For those of you who couldn't attend- Our speaker, Bonnie Frisk, is requesting our help to promote her smoking ban survey and we are making sandwich boards signs and having a booth to encourage people to fill out the survey. Hopefully, she's taken our suggestions on how to improve the whole thing =)

2) Following are the dates for a few of our upcoming events- 3/19 Special Olympics, 4/10 Relay for Life 6pm to 4/11 6am, and 4/25 March of Dimes. Write them down and make plans to attend!

3) Jolene brought some great volunteer opportunities to us from the YMCA. We had a great number of people sign up for both events at the meeting and anyone who'd like to be apart of them email or text Jenica by Friday. Volunteers get shirts for both events! They MIGHT not need everyone so if you're signed up and do not get contacted, you were most likely not randomly selected from our list of willing participants for a lady named Joy. She is the main contact person. The events are the indoor triathalon Sat. Feb 27th 7am-12pm and the fun run Sat. March 6th 8am-1030am.

4) Recruitment week next week!!! The sign up sheet is posted on our blog website- please view it and pick a class you can make a quick presentation to. Contact the professor to ask them for permission and obtain a small stack of our flyers to pass out (they'll be in our ESG mailbox which is in the Health Science Workroom in Highland North). Our pizza party is FEB 9TH!

5) If you didn't get a volunteer log sheet please set up a time to meet with Jenica or a place where she can drop one off for you. They are also available on our website to be printed off!

6) Next meeting we will be handing out a sheet on ESG expectations for professionalism- we'll talk more about this in person and then notes will be taken on the discussion.

7) Any ESG member who'd like to have a piece published in the Eta Sigma Gamma Monograph? We have the information for you!

8) GOOD IDEA- Keep track of all the activities and events you do with ESG to be able to add to your resume and/or your portfolio after you leave MNSU!

Thanks for your enthusiasm and support, everyone! Good luck recruiting :)

Meetig Reminder!

2010-01-25T23:30:00.000-06:00

Please remember we have our second meeting tomorrow with tons of volunteer opportunities to sign up for and that we will be handing out your volunteer hour log sheet!

We are also lucky enough to have a presented scheduled to begin at about 4:05 so please come on time if possible. Her name is Bonnie Frisk and she does grant writing for the state. She is asking for our help along with the Colleges Against Cancer organization to somehow promote the smoking ban on campus -- she will explain the whole thing at the meeting.

If you are one of the members that can not make it to meetings- Please let Jenica know when she can give you a log sheet. Continue to check back often for minute meetings and read the emails we send out in order to be current with our events!! Also, you need to make sure you sign up for events early so the end of the semester doesn't coming sneaking up on you - Thanks, and see everyone tomorrow!

Meeting Agenda from 1-12-2010.

2010-01-13T18:21:00.000-06:00

Meeting Notes from 1-12-2010.

First Meeting of the Spring Semester!

2010-01-07T11:59:00.000-06:00

Hello Everyone!
Our first meeting will be January 12th in CSU 202 at 4 pm. Tuesday at 4 worked best for the majority of people!
Bring any ideas you have for the semester. I've attached the schedule of our meetings for this semester. One more will be scheduled on April 12th which is not listed because I have to reserve a different room due to conferences on campus taking over our room...
If you were not active last semester and would like to be this semester please let one of the officers know!
Can't wait to see all of your shining faces :)

November 12 Meeting Notes.

2009-11-12T21:23:00.000-06:00

Nursing home volunteering

groups of 4+ at a time
email Jenica after you volunteer!

Anne Fletcher --> dietetics speaker. Tuesday, 8pm (Nov 17)

WEAR ESG SHIRT PLEASE!
Email Jenica if you go so you can receive credit.

Humane Society

groups of 4+ at a time
email Jenica after you volunteer!
*** SUNDAY Nov 15 at noon is our next set time to volunteer... please email susan.gerbensky@gmail.com if you are interested in attending; we are planning on meeting up and heading over together :)

Humane Society Fundraiser

Busters tip night or % back... still in the works.
We are looking into getting items for a raffle/silent auction. If you are interested in helping out by talking to local area businesses, please let either Susan or Natalie know! Talking to businesses WILL contribute to your hours!

NEXT SEMESTER

If you have any ideas about projects or fundraisers you would like to see ESG get involved in, please let Jenica (jenica.lyon@mnsu.edu) know!! Our planned events right now include March of Dimes, Relay for Life, and Special Olympics.
Also, we will be considering new officers towards the end of next semester. Start considering whether or not you would be interesting in putting your name in the hat!

Nursing Home Update

2009-11-09T09:32:00.001-06:00

Autumn Grace nursing home volunteers will need to have:

*Background study

*One form of ID (Picture ID is fine)

*A two step Mantoux test (provided at the nursing home)

**They have decided they don't need to show any videos so once everyone has their first Mantoux read they can be scheduled to start volunteering.

Also, the contact at AG is Lana if you have any other specific questions!

Updates!

2009-10-28T13:44:00.000-05:00

Initiation is tomorrow! Its in our regular meeting room (AH 305) at 4 pm- we will be doing our mini ceremony first so anyone who needs to leave early can. We will be having a little pizza party and short meeting afterward- please try to make this, it's important!!

RAKE THE TOWN is at 9 on Saturday Morning! Meet around 8:45 in the parking lot behind taylor center- look for Sandy! Her cell phone is 507-828-1561.

Next week we will be starting meetings with the nursing home! Updates on the meeting times will be provided soon :)

That's it! See you tomorrow!!

Email Update!

2009-10-13T23:38:00.000-05:00

Hello ESG Members!

Just a few updates. Instead of meeting this Thursday the wonderful people at the St. Peter Food Coop have found time to give us a tour! It just so happens to be at 430, during our meeting time. Therefore, we are having an "email meeting". Let's meet at 4-410 in the CSU in the sitting area in front of Jazzman's (the coffee shop). We will carpool! If you need to leave early (it's about a 15 minute drive) that is totally fine! I'll still count your hour for enthusiatic participation =)

We are having our initiation at 101 Main Resturant (inside of Holiday Inn downtown) on Thursday, Oct 29th! We will eat a bit of dinner together and do our sweet ceremony! It'll be fun!

Rake the town is in a few weeks! We have a good group of volunteers! If you'd still like to join please email sandy at sandra.popowski@mnsu.edu. It's the morning of Halloween and will take about 2 hours.

Mavericks after Dark Fundraiser is still in the works- more info to come.

Jenny F received an email from her boss and would love to meet with us to discuss how we can help at the nursing home! it would involve games, reading, and just being good company! They are willing to meet with a group or possible 2 groups of us pretty much any day. Please email me with the 2 days that would work for you personally- i will try and schedule 2 days with jenny and her boss that work the best for the most people!

THANK YOU SO MUCH FOR ALL YOUR DEDICATION!

October 1 Meeting Notes.

2009-10-02T14:37:00.000-05:00

Hello Everyone!
Here is the link for the October 1 meeting notes:

October 1 Minutes.

Happy Homecoming Weekend!

New Meeting Room.

2009-09-23T17:46:00.000-05:00

Just a reminder that meetings will be held in Armstrong 305 rather than CSU 202 as our group has exponentially increased in size! See you there :)

Also, please remember to turn in your tshirt money to the ESG mailbox in the Health Science Workroom on the second floor of Highland North (right next to the main RPLS/Health Science office). The ESG mailbox is in the top R corner! We need this by Friday!

ESG Shirts and Upcoming Event Information.

2009-09-23T09:51:00.000-05:00

Thank you all for your interest and involvement in ESG. The homecoming clothing has been ordered. Sandy (Secretary) has used the ESG checking account to pay for 50% of it. We ordered way more than we ever have before so we're making a special request to avoid draining our account: If you can please write a check or have exact cash for the items that you got and bring it to the Health Science Workroom on the 2nd floor of Highland North. This way we can put money back into our account before paying for the last 50%.There will be an envelope in our mailbox (top right). Prices are as follows:

Tshirts - $14.55
Long sleeve - $13.90
Sweatshirts - $28.90

Please don't assume that other people will do it and just not do it. It would really help us out.

Next are the events!

RSO Fair is Sept 30th- Contact Anna if you'd like to commit an hour or so of time to working the table. Contact her with any ideas and hours you'd like to do asap (anna.pfeiffer@mnsu.edu)

Anyone who wants to help with homecoming posters please join Vlada and Natalie in the SLD (CSU past the bookstore). Thursday (9/24) starting at 1130 - 1:30. Please help if you can -- we need a few to cover the vehicle for the homecoming parade. The actual event is at noon on Oct 3rd. Please come early to get your shirts if you don't get them at the Oct 1st meeting! Plan on meeting in the parking lot behind the performing arts center from 11:30-11:45am. Most likely you'll have to park somewhere else or just walk. If anyone has ideas as to what we can hand out from the vehicle let Jenica know (jenica.lyon@mnsu.edu)

Susan and Natalie (susan.gerbensky@mnsu.edu and natalie.hazel@mnsu.edu) are in charge of the humane society fundraiser. If you'd like to help or have ideas please contact them directly.

The March of Dimes is holding it's annual Signature Chef's Auction on October 8th at Snell's Indoor Auto Center. They are looking for people from 2 p.m. to 11 p.m. in shifts or all day on Oct 8. This is a huge high profile that requires people to be firm in the times they say they're available. So, if people are interested in volunteering, they can e-mail me and I will forward it on to the director of the MOD. Some of the jobs that are available are: Load-In/Set-Up, Garbage, Runners for the Auction, and Tear Down. They will be placed according to the times that they have available. This is also a formal event which means that people need to dress up. What happens is chef's from around MN come in and offer taste tasting. This is a fundraiser that has a Silent Auction and Live Auction. I believe it will be a fun night. If you have any questions, please ask.
PLEASE CONTACT ANNA IF YOU'D LIKE TO DO THIS. anna.pfeiffer@mnsu.edu

September 17 Meeting Notes.

2009-09-17T20:53:00.000-05:00

Here is the PDF of the meeting notes from our most recent meeting. Thanks to everyone who attended! If you would like to be involved with one of the projects mentioned in the notes, please contact the ESG officers at mnsu.esg@gmail.com

September 17 Meeting Notes.

ESG Tshirt Information.

2009-09-16T10:42:00.000-05:00

Below is a link to the PDF version of the ESG tshirt design, cost information, etc... We will be presenting these at the meeting on Thursday, but check them out anyway and bring any comments/concerns to the officers' attention! Enjoy :)

ESG Tshirt Information

Membership Factsheet.

2009-09-13T13:52:00.001-05:00

Hey all!
Below is a link to a PDF of the membership factsheet; this will be especially helpful for anyone who is not already a member of ESG! Please email us at mnsu.esg@gmail.com with questions!

ESG Membership Factsheet

Also, current members who would like to continue to receive email updates should send their name and phone number to the new ESG email from whatever email account you would like us to have on file. Thanks!!
See you on the 17th :)

September 3 Meeting Notes.

2009-09-04T16:52:00.001-05:00

Hey all!
Welcome to the brand new ESG website :) I will be putting up links here which will send you to the PDF version of the meeting notes. Also, the ESG email is: mnsu.esg@gmail.com
Let me know what you think of this! Enjoy.

September 3 Minutes